Putative sugar transporters of the mustard leaf beetle Phaedon cochleariae: their phylogeny and role for nutrient supply in larval defensive glands.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Phytophagous insects have emerged successfully on the planet also because of the development of diverse and often astonishing defensive strategies against their enemies. The larvae of the mustard leaf beetle Phaedon cochleariae, for example, secrete deterrents from specialized defensive glands on their back. The secretion process involves ATP-binding cassette transporters. Therefore, sugar as one of the major energy sources to fuel the ATP synthesis for the cellular metabolism and transport processes, has to be present in the defensive glands. However, the role of sugar transporters for the production of defensive secretions was not addressed until now.

Results

To identify sugar transporters in P. cochleariae, a transcript catalogue was created by Illumina sequenc

SUBMITTER: Stock M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3877287 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature